| Scientific Name: | Platanus occidentalis |
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| Common Name Synonyms: | Sycamore |
| Genus species: | Platanus occidentalis |
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| Common Names: |
American Sycamore Sycamore |
| Family Name: | Platanaceae 
Trees with outer bark exfoliating to expose whiter inner bark; leaves alternate, simple, palmately veined and lobed, stipules leafy and encircling the twigs; flowers unisexual (plants monoecious), regular, in globose heads; fruit a multiple of achenes in a globose head. |
| Seed Type: | Angiosperm |
| Origin:
Native: native to North America. Non-native: not native to North America. Introduced Native: native to North America, but not Rowe Woods. * Definitions based on the USDA terminology |
Native |
| Category: | Tree |
| CNC Habitat: | Krippendorf Arboretum Nature Playscape |
| Identified by: | A. Swanson |
